Hi all,

I'm trying to install a printer driver for my Samsung ML-2010 using this tutorial and supplied driver:

http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/O...DriverPackages

It says I have to convert the rpm file using the 'alien' command. When I try this the command doesn't exist (Slackware 11.0). So my question is, do I have to install this package, and if so, where would I find it?

If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

From http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utili...ien-2594.shtml

I'd look at using rpm2tgz or rpm2targz and then whip up a proper slack package for it later, if needed! =)

- Piete.

rpm is shipped with slackware. you can just install the package with rpm -i --nodeps.

Thanks Piete!

I converted the file to tgz and installed it, unfortunately it didn't make any difference. In the end I attempted have another shot at installing the driver from the Samsung website and configuring it for the ML-2010. Each test page showed an internal error saying I needed to use the proper driver. As a last resort I attempted to use the previous and later drivers and surprisingly they both worked, both printing a successful test pages.

Not sure why it doesn't work using ML-2010

Thanks again for the help!

Robert

When I have installed Brother drivers in the past I have needed to use alien to convert them to tgzs. rpm2tgz did not work for these packages.

Brian

That's because it skips the install scripts ... which may or may not be critical to proper installation of the drivers. I would go in there and manually install it (yeah, it can take a bit ... like 5 min., but it'll work). alien is better I think, so go with that.

I uninstalled the driver I used from the Samsung website and decided to give the alien route a try (just out of curiosity). I installed alien and converted the rpm to tgz. The driver shows up in the KDE printer configuration tool once installed. Problem is, the printer doesn't respond and no test page is printed

Can you provide a link to the rpm, maybe I can have a look and tell you how to manually install it.

Try the web interface for cups. In your web-browser goto http://localhost:631.

Brian
Brian

H_TeXMeX_H

Here's the link (32bit driver):

http://openprinting.org/show_printer...amsung-ML-2010

BCarey

I thought the graphical version did the same thing but wasn't sure.

Ok, read this first:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/O...DriverPackages

You may need to make such a link if it doesn't exist.

You can also try installing the driver from source:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=483701

Then, yes do this:

In theory they may be, but I have had situations (such as the Brother driver install) where the KDE Print Configuration could not find the printer drivers while the web-interface configuration did. Once you configure it in either place you can use it with kprinter.

Brian